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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Andrew E.Clark (, CNRS Research Professor, Paris School of Economics) , Claudia Senik (, Professor at the University Paris-Sorbonne and at the Paris School of Economics)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.60cm Weight: 0.496kg ISBN: 9780198723653ISBN 10: 0198723652 Pages: 292 Publication Date: 20 November 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAndrew Clark and Claudia Senik: Introduction 1: Richard Easterlin: Life Satisfaction in the Transition from Socialism to Capitalism Yann Algan: Discussion 2: Andrew Clark, Sarah Fleche, and Claudia Senik: The Great Happiness Moderation: Well-Being Inequality during Episodes of Income Growth Paul Seabright: Discussion 3: Martin Ravallion: Poor, or Just Feeling Poor? On Using Subjective Data in Measuring Poverty Katia Zhuravskaya: Discussion 4: John Knight and Ramani Gunatilaka: Subjective Well-Being and Social Evaluation: a Case Study of China Xiaobo Zhang: Discussion 5: Andrew Clark and Claudia Senik: Income comparisons in China Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell: Discussion 6: Stefan Lollivier, Conal Smith, Martin Ravallion, and Richard Easterlin: Hapiness and Economic Growth: A Panel Discussion 7: Carol Graham: Concluding Remarks: How Inequality Matters to Well-Being: Agency, Adaptation, and Changes versus LevelsReviewsthe volume contains important evidence and contributes to the literature on SWB in developing countries * Cirenia Chavez Villegas, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities * the volume contains important evidence and contributes to the literature on SWB in developing countries * Cirenia Chavez Villegas, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities * This book is a great way to get across cuttingedge economic research into happiness. The contributions are all world class and come from prominent scholars in both the academy and relevant organisations...Each chapter is well written,with clearly articulated take-away points. Happiness and Economic Growth is important reading for economists working on happiness and subjective well-being, and for anyone interested in economic perspectives on happiness. the volume contains important evidence and contributes to the literature on SWB in developing countries Cirenia Chavez Villegas, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities Author InformationAndrew E. Clark is a CNRS Research Professor at the Paris School of Economics (PSE). He previously held posts at Dartmouth, Essex, CEPREMAP, DELTA, the OECD, and the University of Orléans. His work has largely focussed on the interface between psychology, sociology and economics; in particular, using job and life satisfaction scores, and other psychological indices, as proxy measures of utility. The broad area is social interactions and social learning. Professor Clark is a member of the Editorial Boards of: Journal of Happiness Studies, Revue d'Economie Politique, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Review of Income and Wealth, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, International Review of Economics, Italian Economic Review, Evidence-based HRM, and the International Journal of Happiness and Development. Claudia Senik is Professor at the University Paris-Sorbonne and at the Paris School of Economics. She is also member of the IZA. Her main research interest is in the Economics of Happiness. A large part of her work focuses on the relationship between income, income distribution and subjective wellbeing. She frequently appeals to a comparative approach, based on the different environments in Western versus Eastern Europe. She is in charge of several international scientific cooperation programs related to her field of research. Professor Senik is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Wellbeing, Associate Editor of the IZA Journal of Labor Economics, and a member of the Editorial Review Board of Applied Research in Quality of Life. See her personal webpage: http://www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/fr/senik-claudia/ Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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